Tadeáš Janků

24 years oldPrahaLibertariánská strana Voluntia

Running for Libertariánská strana Voluntia

Main topics

housing

Housing in Prague is among the least affordable in all of Europe. For our generation, over a lifetime this means expenses that add up to as much as several million more. The cause, in my view, is pretty straightforward: low supply on the market combined with high demand has caused a steep rise in prices. This happened primarily because of complicated bureaucratic processes in building permit procedures, inefficient zoning plans and the NIMBY phenomenon, which actively prevents new construction (not only) in Prague. These are the things that need to change so that we have affordable housing

housing

One of the things that most hinders Prague's development today, and against which most politicians are afraid to say a single bad word, is excessive heritage protection. Of course I'm not saying we should demolish Prague Castle and build a McDonald's in its place. Nevertheless, Prague today is in a state where it keeps crumbling ruins in the middle of built-up areas just because, according to a few officials, they have historical value. Construction of critical infrastructure is also being blocked here, again because of heritage protection (e.g. Výtoňský most). There are also smaller problems affecting specific people, such as bans on plastic windows in older flats. As mayor, I'd like to cut back these heritage protection regulations, and if it were necessary, I'm fully prepared even for the scenario of Prague being struck off the UNESCO list.

budget and finances

I'm against the subsidy economy. If we were talking about national politics, I'd push for abolishing subsidies without replacement and leave the money with people. In municipal politics, however, the problem is that it's basically impossible to do the second part: “leave the money with people”. That's why I'd like to push through an alternative – I'd distribute the city money earmarked for subsidies among all Praguers in the form of vouchers, so that people decide for themselves where these funds flow. I still consider it socialist crap, but it seems to me a much better solution if the money goes where Praguers want to send it, and not where officials from City Hall want to direct it. Cultural organisations could also free themselves from the political pressure exerted on them through subsidies.

A few words about me

I'm studying the master's programme Mathematics for IT at Matfyz. On top of that I work in computer security, specifically on PKI. My biggest hobbies include football, chess, public transport and, of course, politics.

I'm not going into the elections with the ambition to change the world for the better. I do politics primarily because I enjoy it. Nevertheless, if this opened up an opportunity to move society or Prague towards freedom, I won't turn it down.

I got the position of list leader because housing affordability is a key issue for me and I've been increasingly interested in urbanism lately (and also because I was the only one who wanted it xd). I'll admit frankly that my best qualification for running a city is that in Cities: Skylines I managed to build a city of 150,000 people with a working economy and smooth traffic without jams.

Apart from the topics I described in the previous section, I'd also love to be able, as mayor, to hand Slavia the key to Prague after a winning derby. And conversely, throughout my whole term of office I'd pray that the opposite scenario never has to happen.

The candidate's texts have been machine-translated from Czech.